Canadiens take home-and-home series with Sens

MONTREAL — Carey Price made 30 saves for his 33rd win of the season as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Sunday in the second game of a home-and-home series. The Canadiens now lead the Atlantic Division by four points over the Senators, which still have one game in hand.

Tomas Plekanec, Jordie Benn, Paul Byron and Nathan Beaulieu scored for Montreal (41-23-8).

Tom Pyatt scored a first-period goal for the Senators (39-24-8) while Craig Anderson stopped 33 shots.

Montreal is now 8-4-2 in the second game of a back-to-back. The Senators are 6-4-1.

The Canadiens are now 10-4-0 under Claude Julien since he took over as head coach.